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A neuropsychologist might call it a failure of executive function or how you plan ahead and prioritize things.

A social psychologist on the other hand might see it as a problem relating to emotion regulation or trying to avoid bad feelings like stress

An evolutionary psychologists think it could be partly genetic even though all their approaches to studying it are a little bit

A 2014 study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder procrastination might even be part of our evolutionary makeup to try to figure out if there's a genetic component to procrastination.

Genetics

Mood regulation

Good feelings

Bad feelings

Stress

Tired

Under pressure

Depression

Anxiety

same environment

In 2010 researchers from the City University of New York found that undergraduate students own reports of their executive function could predict their tendency to procrastinate

Canadian psychology professor Timothy pickles says that procrastination is giving in to feel good

Executive Function skils

Prioritize

Carry out tasks

2015 study in the Journal of behavioral medicine even found that serial procrastinators had trouble managing high blood pressure and heart disease

A few scientific studies done on what makes people more likely to overcome their procrastination most of these studies are conducted on undergrad psychology students and focus on academic procrastination

How can beat it

Goal management

Long-term

Short-term

Focus

Time management

Instructors

broken up into periodic deadlines

quizzes

Plan

breaking up a task into bite-size pieces

reward yourself

Future self

Do not put your work off till tomorrow and the day after; For a suggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts his work; industry makes work go well. But a man who puts off work is aways hand-grips with ruin.